Ask HN: Great Interview Answers?

6 pointsCyberFonic3 comments

There are many posts of the hopeless answers candidates give at technical interviews, and they are good for a laugh. Now for something positive and inspiring ... What were the question you asked, the best answers you got and how the interviewee (I'm assuming they were good enough to be hired) turned out to be in the long term?

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Assuming their answers are all honest & display competence, I've found that the quality of questions a candidate asks are a better long-term indicators of likely success.

You mention the quality of the candidate's questions. Do you find those questions are general or an indication that they did some research before coming to the interview and thus specific to your company and/or the technologies that you use?

Maybe it's just me but I don't remember any but I definitely remember the bad ones.

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